Julius Randle of the Knicks reacts during the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Madison Square Garden on Friday, Mar. 6, 2020. Credit: Jim McIsaac
The Knicks had Madison Square Garden Chairman James Dolan in his usual seat on the baseline Friday. And the presence in the seat next to him of Steve Stoute, brought on to assist with the rebranding of the struggling franchise, as well as Leon Rose being in place a few rows back at center court, could not silence the growing dissatisfaction from the home crowd.
So on that night the Knicks opted to have the game operations crew try to drown out with volume the chants of, “Sell the team,” which have become a regular occurrence as another season winds down with the usual pieces in place.